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__#SalutingAfricanEntrepreneurs! The other day someone on my team sent me an article about some young entrepreneurs from Somalia who started an online shopping business called Muraadso. The story was on BBC. There were four things that caught my attention: #1. What a mindset! I have often said, as an African Continue Reading →

__Trusted relationships matter. The “lions” are always out there. You have to respect that they’re there, also hunting. It’s part of business. Our research told us that Liquid Telecom would have possible competitors who also wanted to acquire the asset. The sellers were likely to follow a tender process. Our Continue Reading →

__Key question #1: What is your motive? Nic Rudnick, the CEO of Liquid Telecom, has been with Econet Group for nearly 20 years. Before becoming CEO of a group company, he worked in many different roles. He is a seasoned and highly skilled businessman who knows what it takes to Continue Reading →

__Buying a business: six key questions. A good entrepreneur must never be too sentimental towards a business. There’s a time to buy, a time to sell, and even a time to close a business. It’s all business, and in a successful business career, you must have the capacity to do Continue Reading →

__A big idea, an excellent team. A few months ago, Liquid Telecom, one of our businesses, bought a South African telecoms company called Neotel Communications, for about $450m. Quite a few of you who saw the news about the transaction wrote to me, asking me to share some insights into Continue Reading →

As a global business leader, African philanthropist, anti-corruption activist, and mentor to thousands, Strive Masiyiwa is a vibrant example of someone who has little doubt about what motivates him, what he hopes to accomplish, and what sort of example he wants to set for others along the way. His is Continue Reading →

This week, one of the subsidiaries of Econet Global, a company called Liquid Telecom, announced that it’s building a new undersea cable which will run along the East African coast, connecting Africa to the Middle East and Europe. The company has issued an international tender for companies that specialise in Continue Reading →

I’m excited to share some information with you about our newest business, one that’s been in the making for three years now. This is the first time I’ve publicly introduced any new venture on Facebook! As Econet Global, we’re about to roll out a unique Pay TV service known as Continue Reading →

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MR STRIVE MASIYIWA (b 1961) has been in business since 1986. He first came to international prominence when he fought a landmark constitutional legal battle for 5 years in the African country of Zimbabwe. The ruling which led to the removal of the monopoly of the state in telecommunications is generally regarded as one of the key milestones, in opening the African telecommunications sector to private capital. Read More>>